10 facts about secession from U.S.

While lots of states are hopping on the Secession bandwagon now, threats to leave the Union have long been made in the United States, but rarely followed through on.

1. The first serious threat of secession came from New England, not the South. In 1814, delegates from the New England states gathered at the Hartford Convention. While attendees were united in opposition to the War of 1812, moderates outnumbered extremist delegates who wanted secession.

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2. South Carolina, which would become the first state to secede during the Civil War, also had earlier threatened secession, in 1828, over tariffs that were harming the state’s economy. President Andrew Jackson threatened to send federal troops to put down the secessionists.

3. While eulogizing John Brown in 1859, the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison called for the northern states to secede from a union he believed was hopelessly corrupted by slavery. “By the dissolution of the Union we shall give the finishing blow to the slave system,” Garrison declared.

4. Following the election of President Abraham Lincoln in 1860, 11 Southern states seceded from the Union, leading to the Civil War.

5. In 1868, the Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that states lacked the power to unilaterally secede from the Union.

6. In 1977, the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket (combined population: 6,000) actually voted to secede from the state of Massachusetts, angry over a redistricting plan that would reduce their representation in the statehouse.

7. In November 2006, Alaska’s supreme court ruled that secession was illegal, and said an initiative putting the question to a vote wouldn’t qualify for the ballot.

8. Texas Gov. Rick Perry mused about secession at a Tea Party rally in April 2009, claiming Texas uniquely had the ability to secede from the Union. (This isn’t true.) But Perry has said he doesn’t support the current secession movement.

9. A group of South Carolinians is trying to secede from the United States, calling themselves the Third Palmetto Republic. The group wants South Carolina to become an independent nation.

10. In Vermont, a secessionist movement has succeeded in gathering at least some support — a 2007 poll found 13 percent of Vermonters supported secession — and publicity — two of the group’s leaders wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post.

Yes indeed there has been single symbolic threat's of seccession from various state's thru out the year's .

But this simply is not the larger picture here . Because here we have a Polarized nation so divided that 7 State's have signed petition's and gathering enough signature's to warrant a Federal Review .

A simple little fact you left out Knuckle head !

Now add a little Communist Marxist insurgency from within our own Goverment . Coupled with World wide economic distress , and a huge foreign scandal in Benghazi . Only to be topped off with 6126 new regulation's from Obamas administration in 4 day's after his election .

The bigger picture dont look so good ! Now does it ?

You people who write this garbage are idiot's ! Loon's just like Oreilly call's you straight up ! And I dont even like Oreilly . How ever the Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend !

Something really wrong in this Country that the denial is such that Liberal's are incapable of seeing the truth of the true perspective of what there leader has done . Middle East on Fire . 2 General's down a third one remain's in jeopardy .

And an economy on the brink of implodeing not just in this nation . But in over half the Western European nation's of the World !

Hush now ! Listen ! Can you hear that ? Because that's the sound of Saber's Rattleing all over the World Baby ! Compliment's of Barrack Obama and the knuckle head's who elected him .

As to Governor Perry and his secessionist remark's . This has alway's been the inside Texas joke . All Texan's threaten to secede from the Union. I heard it 40 some odd year's ago ! And many time's since then . In fact in my familee it is often referd to jokeingly as in yeah. " Provided Texas doesnt Secede from the Union ?" In jokeing context !

Hey the Texas travel brochure claim's Texas is a Country all of it's own . However a petition that gather's enough signature's to warrant a Federal review ? Now that is an issue that need's to be takin in the context of it's intent . Especially in light of 6 other State's following suit !

The analogy here is your in the Bar and some Shmuck make's an insulting ludicrous joke ! Only you realize there not really jokeing ! They mean it . Now your in a Bar Fight just that flippin quick !

Not cool people ! And it's a Sadd, sadd day when the Clinton's and Barrack Obama stepped into American Politic's . In our time of dire economic need . While our Enemie's howl like Wolve's at our back door ?

Barrack Obama has done nothing but play divisionary politic's in this Country and abroad . The proof of this can be found in the " Judgeing of the vine by the fruit it has produced . " And all tho it is bright well shaped and very large in form . It's taste is bitterness and of a harmfull divisionary resentment .